LOCALS have told of their fear that "judgement day" was arriving after the waters of a river turned blood red overnight. The incident occurred in the Tesha river in the village of Krasnoe in western Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region.

PUBLISHED: 10:32, Wed, Aug 1, 2018
| UPDATED: 14:08, Wed, Aug 1, 2018

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The Tesha river turned RED overnight, shocking locals (Image: cen)

Images of the phenomenon were posted online by local residents and show the waters of the river running deep red.

Locals told reporters the water suddenly turned red overnight with one saying: "The water suddenly turned red. It's so creepy.

"Nobody knows what happened. We are all in deep shock here."

Another resident of Krasnoe said: "Water turns into blood! Judgement Day is near!"